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Category Archives: Lex
ANTM Travel Awards: Personality Disorders
They say that travel changes how you see the world and think about life. What they don’t say is that living out of a giant bag, in tiny rooms for seven months, can leave you permanently, irreversibly deranged. Want proof? … Continue reading
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ANTM Travel Awards: Economics
When you come to the end of a long-term trip like this one, a question people always ask you is, “Did you stick to your budget?” The scary truth is Mark and I didn’t have a budget. I mean, of … Continue reading
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ANTM Travel Awards: Geography
My “Oh” my, the places we’ve seen. As we hand out the Geography Awards, we encourage one and all to use Google Maps to locate the whereabouts of our favorite cities and towns. As for me, I have a feeling … Continue reading
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Tagged Aimogosta Olive Tour, Bospas Fruit Farm, FECAFEB Bolivia
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ANTM Travel Awards: La Naturaleza
Having lived in New York for more than 11 years, Mark and I were in need of a break from buildings, bustling streets, noise, pollution. One of our goals for this trip was to discover far-flung natural places unlike any … Continue reading
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Tagged Bosque Encantado Chile, reclavi fjord
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ANTM Travel Awards: Transportation
With a few small exceptions, the ANTM journey has been completed entirely over land, from the south of Chile up to the border between Honduras and Nicaragua, in Central America. When you’ve got this kind of distance to cover, transit … Continue reading
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Tagged bus chaiten to la junta, bus la rioja to salta, bus lima to mancora
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ANTM Travel Awards: Culinary
Here it is folks, the ANTM Food & Drink awards. For those of you who don’t already know, we are vegetarians who also eat fish occasionally. So, it needs to be said that our dietary choice excludes at least 80% … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Lex, Mark, Travel Awards, Uncategorized
Tagged casa de empanadas cafayate, el german sucre, posada del angel lima, sesamo bogota
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Andes Not The Mint Travel Awards: Lodging
I know, I know. Awards shows are exciting. The energy in the air. The anticipation about who or what is going to take home an award. The fancy attire (I, for one, am wearing my best ratty-tank-top-and-hole-ridden-yoga-pants-outfit). It’s really exhilarating … Continue reading
A Book for Your Extra . . .
In the weeks before I left to travel for the better part of a year, many people asked me if I was going to get a Kindle. Gasp. How could they ask such a question?! A technological device instead of … Continue reading
Andes Not The Mint Travel Awards
Well folks, we have arrived at the end of the proverbial road. Ten days from today, we board a plane from Costa Rica back to New York City. This week, we are enjoying the benefit of “low season” special rates, … Continue reading
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Matagalpa. It didn’t rain on OUR parade . . .
There’s something special that transpires when you look forward to an experience with great anticipation and excitement for a long period of time. You have no conception of exactly how you’ll feel when (and if) it finally comes to pass, … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Lex, Matagalpa, Nicaragua, Uncategorized
Tagged Alexis Burling, Calzado Arauz Esteli, El Castillo de Cacao, Selva Negra
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